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Title: A spin-1 representation for dual-funnel energy landscapes

Journal Article · · Journal of Chemical Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5036677· OSTI ID:1471315
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  1. National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States); Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
  2. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  3. National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States)

The interconversion between the left- and right-handed helical folds of a polypeptide defines a dual-funneled free energy landscape. In this context, the funnel minima are connected through a continuum of unfolded conformations, evocative of the classical helix-coil transition. Physical intuition and recent conjectures suggest that this landscape can be mapped by assigning a left- or right-handed helical state to each residue. In this study, we explore this possibility using all-atom replica exchange molecular dynamics and an Ising-like model, demonstrating that the energy landscape architecture is at odds with a two-state picture. A three-state model—left, right, and unstructured—can account for most key intermediates during chiral interconversion. Additionally, competing folds and excited conformational states still impose limitations on the scope of this approach. However, the improvement is stark: Moving from a two-state to a three-state model decreases the fit error from 1.6 kBT to 0.3 kBT along the left-to-right interconversion pathway.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
Grant/Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396
OSTI ID:
1471315
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-18-28756
Journal Information:
Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 149, Issue 3; ISSN 0021-9606
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 2 works
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Web of Science

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